How to Create a Beautiful Boho Outdoor Space

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Cost Plus World Market. All opinions are my own.  

If you're looking to add a little boho flair to your outdoor space, look no further than Cost Plus World Market. Create a beautiful, eclectic space using interesting textures and colorful textiles. 

Fashion an exotic area using a mix and match color scheme, soft pillows and dreamy lighting.

Boho lighting is warm, flickering and indirect. Achieve this effect with hanging antique copper lanterns and sandalwood candles scattered about. Curl up in a cozy wicker chair under a macrame canopy with piles of funky pillows while reading a good book and sipping on tea out of a beautiful Moroccan tea glass. 

Your bohemian sanctuary will be relaxing, inviting and completely you!

I love shopping at my local store in Cottonwood Heights for beautiful boho inspiration, unique gifts and fabulous food from around the world.  

If you're not local to Utah, be sure to check out the store locator page to find the Cost Plus World 

Market closest to you.

Cost Plus World Market’s Friends and Family event begins this Friday 3/10! Save an extra 30% on home decor, furniture, entertaining essentials and more. Save 10% on food and beverages. Sale ends 3/13/17. Download coupon HERE (online promo code FRIENDS).

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1. Seagrass Penelope Tote Baskets with Lids

2.  Round All Weather Wicker Vernazza Chairs

3.White Moroccan Tea Glasses

4.Boho Kilim Nagar Indoor Outdoor Rug

5.Oversized Ivory Mongolian Faux Fur Lumbar Pillow

6. Taupe Heather Sweater Pouf

7. Antique Copper Layla Lantern Collection

8.Green Kilim Outdoor Throw Pillow

9.Boho Sheer Cotton Macrame Canopy

10. Antique Gold Faceted Accent Table with Glass Top

11. Indian Sandalwood Candles

National Geographic Kids Super Reader Program

We recently had the opportunity to review the  National Geographic Kids Super Readers Program.

The Super Readers program consists of non-fiction books that your kids can read and as they read, they can earn fun prizes! 

We all know reading is a good thing. It's critical in children's success in school and later in life and there are many advantages in reading with your child. Better communication skills, academic excellence, mastery of language, enhanced concentration and a stronger relationship with you.  This program can help feed your child's natural curiosity about the world and get them excited about reading. 

Here's how the program works:

• .Visit the National Geographic Super Readers website HERE.
•  Pick and download your free poster in the category of your child's reading level.
•  Explore the books! There are so many interesting topics that your child will love. Everything from space to animals to history. They are sure to find many awesome topics to read.
• Once you finished a book, you can cross its picture off the poster and return to the website to download a badge. 
•  Earn prizes! The kids will love earning fun prizes like stickers, bookmarks and door hangers. This will definitely be a motivation for your kids to keep up with their reading. 
• As you read more books, you can download more prizes!

Building a strong reader is important to us parents and I know finding books that piques our child's interest and fuels her excitement for nature, science and history is priceless. I love how engaged our daughter was as she read her favorite books to us.

We spent hours poring over these fascinating books. We especially loved the fun facts, silly puns and jokes that were sprinkled throughout the books.

Head over to National Geographic Super Readers website and begin the program! Your kids (and you!) will have a blast! 

Books can be found at all major bookstores as well as the National Geographic site and Amazon.

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Disclosure:  I received this product for free from Moms Meet (momsmeet.com), May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agree to use this product and post my honest opinion on my blog. The opinions posted are my own.

Quick and Easy Valentine Gifts

  I'd love to share a few quick and easy Valentine gift ideas with you. These jars are sweet little gifts for teachers, neighbors and friends. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it doesn't hurt to get a jump start on the holiday of love!

Simply fill your jars with the candy of your choice. I used festive valentine scrapbook paper as a guide for which candy I was going to fill them with. For this one, I used gummy berries and the berry tag was a perfect match! 

The darling bows are made out of paper using a 1-2-3 Punch Board and then adhered to the jar. The tag was cut out and attached to the jar as well.

And that's all there is to it! Sweet and simple but oh, so adorable (and yummy!).

Take a look at the other fun versions of these cute jars below!

I would have to really love someone to give them this pink jar filled with sweets. ;-)

You could use Swedish fish for this jar or even goldfish crackers. Either way, it will be "o'fish'ly" awesome! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Supplies used:
Small plastic jars
Valentine paper
candy

Head over to Oriental Trading for the cutest valentine party decor and craft ideas!

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by Oriental Trading Company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Dolly and Me Valentine Tea Party

Welcome to the Valentine Party Blog Hop!

I'm excited to share with you my Dolly and Me Tea Party. Be sure to check out all the beautiful valentine parties from some of my favorite party friends. We are also giving away $200 for you to throw your own Valentine's Day party! Enter the rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post.

xox

Chocolate Fondue Party by Fun-Squared ~ Dolly and Me Tea Party by Fawn Parties ~ Valentine Making Party ~ Follow Your Heart Galentine's Party by The Party Porch ~ Shabby Chic Valentine Tea Party by Pretty Twinkle Party ~ Galentine's Kisses by SNAP Creativity ~ Valentine's Day Card Making by Make Life Lovely ~ Donut You Know I Love You Party by Your Everyday Family ~ Galentine's Party by Tatertots and Jello ~ Cupid's Cafe Dinner Party by Giggles Galore

 Say hello to Lavender. She's the beloved doll of our 6 year old daughter and I'm pretty sure she has more clothes than I do. Our daughter's sweet and incredibly talented Grandmother gave this darling doll to her along with several beautifully handmade dresses. 

We have a valentine party for our little one and her friends every year and this year we wanted to invite the dolls along too! Little girls and their dolls came over for an afternoon of cookies, crafts and fun!

First order of business was to dress the doll in a pretty tea party outfit. So many lovely gowns to choose from! 

Look at those tiny heart pockets! So sweet!

Lavender is now dressed in her tea party finery and is ready to partake in some delicious tea party fare. 

Pink milk in vintage milk bottles and beautiful valentine cookies were on the menu for the afternoon soiree.

These gorgeous cookies from my cousin Leigh ( Baby Gabey Cookies) were so beautifully detailed, it was hard to bite into them! Tiny ruffled dresses, mini cakes with delicate edible flowers and classic valentine hearts were the perfect cuisine for afternoon tea.

Who doesn't love to play with playdough? It's pretty much a staple at any party I throw when kids are involved. I made strawberry scented cloud dough and placed it in cute pails and attached mini rolling pins to the top. 

You can download the You're So A "Doh" Able Valentine printable HERE.

If you haven't made cloud dough yet, I highly recommend it. It's so soft and smells heavenly....we could play with it for hours! 

The girls each received green mini gift boxes as take home favors. I attached tiny heart balloons to the gift box with pink clothespins and added a bit of polka dot ribbon. 

Inside the gift boxes were pretty candy favor containers filled with festive heart beads for the girls to make their own valentine bracelets.

The party finished up with the girls putting together these adorable cookie magnet crafts. Don't they look good enough to eat?!

I hope you enjoyed our Dolly and Me Tea Party, I know the girls and their dolls certainly did!

xox 

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine Sugar Cookies: Baby Gabey Cookies

Supplies from Oriental Trading

Valentine Cookie Magnet Craft

Candy Containers

Heart Beads

Lime Green Favor Gift Boxes

Mini Heart Balloons

Bucket Favor Containers

Dough Roller

Be sure to head over to Oriental Trading to check out all their fabulous valentine party supplies!

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by Oriental Trading Company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Don't forget to enter Rafflecopter giveaway! One lucky reader wins $200 to throw their own Valentine's Day party!   Rafflecopter giveaway! 

Valentine Ideas For Kids

Still looking for a few more valentine ideas? I've got some to share with you today. One of my favorite things about Valentine's Day is helping my kindergartner put together valentines for her class. Check out these fun classroom handouts below!

 Kids will go bananas over these cute pens from Oriental Trading!  Simply attach the "You are the best of the bunch" tag printable found HERE, tie onto the top of the pen with bakers twine and you're all set!

These gumball machine banks would be perfect favors for your Valentine's Day party. The tag comes from Pebbles My Funny Valentine collection and pairs perfectly with these cute machines! 

I found these mini donut erasers in the dollar section of Target and just had to have them! So cute, right?!

 I hope some of these ideas inspire you! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Gumball Machine Banks

Banana Pens

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by Oriental Trading Company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Valentine Roundup with Oriental Trading

Love is in the air!

 My favorite holiday (next to Halloween, of course) is Valentine's Day! I've compiled some fun valentine gift ideas today that are sure to be a big hit. These valentines are perfect for the classroom, teachers, neighbors and friends. Oriental Trading has the most adorable valentine gift ideas and crafts for all your holiday needs!

Hogs and Kisses

Kids will get a kick out of these Hogs and Kisses Valentines. Simply add some pink Hershey kisses and pig erasers to a mini storage jar and you're good to go! 

Download the tags HERE and attach them to the lid of the jar. Tie some festive valentine ribbon around the neck of the jar and that's it! So cute,right?!

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Round Storage Containers

Pig Erasers

Valentine, You Took a Pizza My Heart

These little pizza pens kill me! So hilariously adorable. How could you ever write with a regular pen after writing with a slice of pizza?! My kindergartener is so excited to hand these out to her class on Valentine's Day.   

You can download the pizza tag HERE and attach to the pen with bakers twine. I want to steal one of these fun pens for myself! 

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Pizza Pens

Valentine, You Color My World

Here is a valentine handout that everyone will adore! Who doesn't love to paint with watercolors? I used pearlized watercolors because we're big fans of all things shimmery and glittery at our house. Love all those pretty colors!

Download the tag HERE and attach to the top of the watercolors with bakers twine. 

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Watercolor Pearlized Paint Trays

Hey Valentine, You're Cool

Bubbles, necklaces and whistles are a huge hit at our house. This valentine has all three! These fun popsicle bubbles can be worn as a necklace and the top of the wand doubles as a whistle. I found this cute paper that went perfectly with the popsicle theme of these valentines. Too cute!

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Popsicle Bubble Necklace

I hope you love these fun valentine ideas as much as I loved putting them together! Be sure to head over to Oriental Trading for even more Valentine's Day inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!

This review is based strictly on my opinion. I was provided the sample free of charge by Oriental Trading Company to provide my honest review. No other type of compensation was received. All ideas and opinions are my own.